Monday 12 November 2012

Buckyballs

The buckyballs  (prize from Brilliant Math Challenge) consist of 216 powerful magnets
Lim Li holding the bear-shape buckyballs that she has created
Tessellated buckyballs created by Lim Li
Lim Jeck holding the diamond-shape buckyballs that he has created

2 comments:

Sanket said...

Hi Lim Jeck's Mum, I just wanted to ask how far can 2 of the beads (balls) be kept for them to be attracted to each other? I believe those are neodymium magnets.

LIMZ said...

With only air between the 2 individual Bucky balls resting on a "smooth" surface, the maximum distance between the 2 before the attraction force can overcome the friction and air resistance is approximately 3.5cm.